The Red Rooster Barber Shop on 13th Avenue in Eugene at first seems like any other barber shop, filled with great conversations, sports memorabilia, and clients who have come back, some for decades.

But this shop, which offers a quality cut for $15 at a fair price, is far from typical.

Its owner, Pete Peterson, has been cutting the hair of the University of Oregon's top athletes for generations -- and befriending them. From Dan Fouts to Alberto Salazar, Peterson has a story (or two or three) about Oregon's elite.

Some appointments with Pete are long forgotten, but a few--like one that was missed on May 30, 1975--have stayed with Peterson.